On 17th November 2012 HP CATALYST had their annual workshop at MASENO PROF, SIGOT’S GARDEN where major topics were discussed and different slides presented by different presenters who keep HP CATALYST alive. The theme of the day “INNOVATION IN STEM LEARNING AND TEACHING FIRST HP” was the brain as ICT, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND YOUNG SCHOLAR FORUM made the body of the workshop.

The workshop attracted many senior lecturer and professor not to mention the young scholars from different department who made the workshop breath to the end, achieving all the set goals of the day.

Among the presenters who took the stage to highlight the history, development and the content of HP CATALYST included:

vDR RICHARD OCHIRI

vDR JULIUS KOWINO

vMR MICHEKA

vDR JACKSON CHERUYOT

vMR SAMUEL WAWERU

DR KOWINO opened the workshop with prayers and proceeded to highlight the key values of HP CATALYST. The objective of HP as stated by DR KOWINO was to bring scholars close to lectures and professors through coffee hours and helping the needy in the society by availing the best resources at their disposal example construction of school at bondo and distribution of chemistry software to make practical’s easy and efficient in high schools. He also highlighted the role of HP CATALYST as collaboration, inspiration and taking next step.

DR.Richard Ochiri (construction catalyst)

He lamented that the work of a chemist in construction Engineering, material analysis that is analysis of sand and water. Innovations i.e. making several bricks at once environmental impact assessment (solving environmental problem)

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Changing ideas into money

By: Mr. Samuel Waweru. (Stem-preneur)

The course any scholar is taking depends on how he or she market it. He said every scholar is marketable. He insisted that there is a lot of money in science untapped and encouraged scholars to always think out of “box”

How to make money:

vEntrepreneur don’t sleep

vThe main resources of making money is not money it is knowledge

vYou can make money without employment

vAdvertise yourself because if you don’t you will be the one who knows your own product

vBe creative and imaginative

vWithin the first month after completion if you are not employed employ yourself